Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain
(RCSI Bahrain) Department of Surgery Chairman and King Hamad University
Hospital (KHUH) Chief of Staff, Professor Martin Corbally, recently presented
the prestigious ‘State of the Art Lecture at of Ireland’s largest surgical
symposia.

The 41st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium took
place at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) and Professor
Corbally delivered one of two centre-piece lectures, alongside Professor
Michael Solomon from the University of Sydney. The Sir Peter Freyer Meeting
commemorates one of Irelands foremost Urologists who described a trans-vesicle
prostatectomy in 1900 and is an important annual event for surgeons at all
levels.

Prof Corbally’ s presentation, entitled; ‘ The Surgeon in the Modern
World’ covered the delivery of the Irish Service, the regulation of the
profession by the Irish Medical Council and his altruistic work in Vietnam and
Tanzania.

The speech outlined a number of issues of importance to both national and
international practice and featured acknowledgements of his colleagues here at
RCSI Bahrain and KHUH.

For his contribution, Professor Corbally was presented with the Sir Peter
Freyer State of the Art Lecture Medal at the banquet dinner.

RCSI Bahrain is a constituent university of RSCI, which was established
in 1784. Like its Irish counterpart, RCSI Bahrain is a not-for-profit health
sciences institution focused on education and research to drive positive change
in all areas of human health worldwide.